Chapter 202 - There is Time (1/2)

Lei Xing burst out laughing again.

{...Who cares if she did? She has always been sketchy and I AM FREE! FREE! FREE! FREE!....hahahahahahaha...You're not saying anything? Hehehe~ Say something~...}

The Emperor blinked from his dazed state and watched Lei Xing, perplexed and baffled by her sudden change in mood. She was honestly behaving crazy. She went from whimpering in pain to suddenly laughing excitedly for no reason. Then she started frowning and now she's laughing again while staring at her dangling bracelet.

He was honestly a little worried before, but that was quickly swept away by the happiness and warm feeling in his heart and now he also had a silly grin on his face.

{...She says she loves me...Very promising indeed...Truly promising. I never expected -... It's fine if she's behaving a little crazy in her excitement...Understandable, perfectly understandable. She's happy so I'm happy and so all is well...}

Xiao Ruo came in with the cold water and cloth and the Emperor immediately remembered Lei Xing's injury. He called her over to come to sit, but apparently her mind was not in the room and she did not hear him. She just continued laughing and shaking the bracelet around like a baby playing with a new toy. The Emperor knit his brows as he got up and went over to her.

{...Perhaps I should be a little worried...}

”Xing er'” He called to her, but she still seemed consumed with her bracelet and glee, so he held her arm and she immediately looked up at him questioningly and then beamed at him. He blinked at her, distracted for a second. He had never seen her looking so happy before so his heart skipped a beat. He cleared his throat and then informed, ”The water's here.”

”Oh, that.” Lei Xing said in a cheery voice and then laughed lightly and obediently followed him as he pulled her back to the table and sat down. She did not protest when the Emperor put her injured hand on the table and went about cooling it down himself.

Lei Xing could not be bothered by anything at the moment and just sat there with a brilliant smile on her face, poking at the bracelet on the table.

{...Hey, you're really not going to say anything?... Tell me, did you give him permission to take it off? Huh? Why would you do?.... Hahahahahaha Oh, this is hilarious...Ignore me all you want but don't worry, I'm not going to torture, burn you or bury you. I'm going to have a heart and send you home, so be grateful...Hahahaha It's fine if you're not though because...I don't really care! Hahahahahahaha ╮(╯3╰)╭...}

Lei Xing started snickering quietly. The Emperor glanced up from her wrist, smiling himself. Her good mood was contagious, he finally couldn't help but ask, ”What's making you so happy?”

Lei Xing turned her smile to him and then simply said, ”You.” Which set his heart fluttering again. Then she chuckled and looked back down at the bracelet, oblivious to what that word had done to him.

The Emperor stared at her for a bit and then he looked back down at her wrist, incredibly happy but still somewhat baffled. He was not sure what he did to suddenly make her so happy but he was very glad that he did it.

Lei Xing looked up at him, she was so happy she really could kiss him again, but there were eyes watching and the high that gave her that courageous boost earlier had plateaued. She glanced at Ah Jin and her ears reddened and then she looked at the Emperor's face and then blinked.

{...Is he blushing? O_O)...Oh, ho-ho-ho, ohhh that's cute...and nice for a change...}

Lei Xing chuckled and resumed poking the bracelet. The two sat quietly for a while, and then Lei Xing suddenly asked, ”Have you had dinner? I'm hungry...”

The Emperor looked up and shook his head. He honestly did not have much of an appetite so he had not eaten much since breakfast, ”I'm alright...But you should eat.”

Lei Xing knit her brows and admonished, ”It's bad to skip meals...” Then she turned to the two maids and went, ”Xiao Ruo, dinner for two...and Ah Jin, move that scroll somewhere safe...” The two maids promptly obeyed and went about their tasks.

Lei Xing felt the Emperor's fingers that had been stroking her fingers, probably in an attempt to soothe her wound, freeze when she mentioned the scroll and then they slowly resumed. She looked at him to find him intently staring at the cooled cloth on her wrist. She sighed and then said to Ah Jin, ”Wait...” before she could leave with the scroll. Ah Jin stopped and waited, and Lei Xing stroked the bracelet and then let out a relieved sigh.

{...Hey? Are you really not going to say anything?... I thought we had become something like friends...}

{...*...}

{...No parting words? Oh well, sayonara then...It's been...interesting. Take care!... I shall try to remember you fondly hahahahaha (๑˃ᴗ˂)ﻭ...}

And with her merry goodbye done, Lei Xing pushed the bracelet across the table towards Ah Jin and instructed, ”Take this to Tung Mei immediately...”